Feeds = 3 hourly, had 2 goes on the breast today and got a little milk.
Baby steps for a baby girl.
We had a bit of Daddy daughter time today while Mum went to her SANDS meeting, we were just chilling, Dad watching Tele in the lounge while Sophie slept. It was nice until some rude young girls came in and talked over the tele loud enough to wake Sophie, some people just have no manners or sense. They didn't care either.
Sophie's boyfriend went home today. Nikarhn was the first premmie we met in the NNU, his Mum Jessie let us have a look at him when we did a tour through the unit the day before Sophie was born. He was about 5 days longer gestation and born 4 days before Sophie, his birth weight was exactly the same as Sophie and was therefore roughly a week ahead of her the whole way. It has been strange because he and Jessie have been a constant presence in the unit the whole time we have been there, his milestones coming about a week before Sophie and so giving us a heads up what to expect. Now they are home and we are still there :( The more astute amongst you will be now thinking, 'great, Sophie will be home in a week', but alas this is not necessarily the case. For a start Nikarhn was bottle fed, making it easier for him to get off tube feeding, and we also think that his Mum took him home early against advice because of home pressures, a shame really because if it all goes pear shaped and he has to come back then he will have to be in isolation, not fun and not good for him. We are going to take our time with this and get it right, she comes home when she is ready, and not before.
Still we troop on......
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